Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

The assembly can be troublesome and painful if you don't do it the right way. Check out my quick video to make assembling the seals a cinch and save your fingers. I have bought two sets of these bottles to use with my homebrew kit from Mr. Beer. I like this product for two reasons: need fewer bottles for a batch of homebrew and it's easier during the process. FEWER BOTTLES With a dozen of these 16oz bottles, I get 192oz or 1.5 gallons. I would usually need between 20-22 beer bottles that are 12oz each to bottle a batch of homebrew. Now, I can do the same thing with fewer bottles. The height in my cabinets allows me to store the taller bottles and the greater size frees up some space to have more than one batch going at once. You won't have as many bottles to share with friends but a pint (16oz) is really a better serving size! EASIER BREWING For people who are starting out, Mr. Beer suggests putting 3/4 teaspoons of sugar into each bottle to prime during the carbonation phase. I don't have a 1/4 teaspoon measure (only 1/2 and 1) so the process is a little guessing. Going under or over is not a big deal but these larger 16oz bottles require 1 teaspoon flat so it's pretty darn easy to not mess up. Another pro on the brewing process is to not have to keep track of bottle caps or buy them online. You also don't have to deliberately drink only beers with twist off caps. The plastic caps on these bottles are great. They clamp on well and eliminate the problem of the metal bottle caps. There is one con with this product: assembling it. Nothing hard about putting it together but it does take a little force and can sometimes scratch the glass as you set up the metal prongs onto the bottle. No biggie, though. I need to start looking for labels some time. Maybe I can find some that are washable/reusable so I can easily label each bottle and change them when I fill up with a new batch. If anybody knows of good re-usable labels, please let me know!